Son of Griffith Bowen and Margaret Fleming.
Married 1st Elizabeth Johnson 20 Dec 1658 at Roxbury, Mass.
Children of Henry and Elizabeth:
Henry Jr. (1659- )
Elizabeth (1661-1743)
John (1662- )
Infant ( -1664)
Margaret (1665-1665)
Mary (166- )
Margaret (1668-1727)
Abigail (1669- )
Abigail (1670-1736)
Penuel (1672- )
Esther (1676- )
Isaac (1676-1727)
Married Second Susanna King, 14 Apr 1684 at Roxbury, Mass.
From the "Family of Griffith Bowen, Gentleman, Welsh Puritan Immigrant, Boston, Mass., 1638-9", pages 29-30:
"Lieutenant HENRY BOWEN, of Roxbury, Mass., son of Griffith, was born in Wales about 1634. He died in Woodstock, Conn., March 13, 1724, "in his 90th year." He married, Dec. 20, 1658, Elizabeth Johnson, daughter of Captain Isaac and Elizabeth (Porter) Johnson, and granddaughter of Captain John Johnson. Elizabeth (Johnson) Bowen was born Dec. 24, 1637, in Roxbury, Mass , where she died August 13, 1683.
Henry was "Ensign in his father-in-law's company" (E, A. B.) at the storming of Ft. Naragansett, Dec. 19, 1675, when Capt. Johnson fell at the head of his men. (Later, Henry Bowen is mentioned in a Roxbury town meeting as lieutenant.)
He was a promoter of the New Roxbury or Woodstock colonization in 1686, and when he retired from business he removed to Woodstock, where he died in the care of his daughters, married and settled there."
Married 1st Elizabeth Johnson 20 Dec 1658 at Roxbury, Mass.
Children of Henry and Elizabeth:
Henry Jr. (1659- )
Elizabeth (1661-1743)
John (1662- )
Infant ( -1664)
Margaret (1665-1665)
Mary (166- )
Margaret (1668-1727)
Abigail (1669- )
Abigail (1670-1736)
Penuel (1672- )
Esther (1676- )
Isaac (1676-1727)
Married Second Susanna King, 14 Apr 1684 at Roxbury, Mass.
From the "Family of Griffith Bowen, Gentleman, Welsh Puritan Immigrant, Boston, Mass., 1638-9", pages 29-30:
"Lieutenant HENRY BOWEN, of Roxbury, Mass., son of Griffith, was born in Wales about 1634. He died in Woodstock, Conn., March 13, 1724, "in his 90th year." He married, Dec. 20, 1658, Elizabeth Johnson, daughter of Captain Isaac and Elizabeth (Porter) Johnson, and granddaughter of Captain John Johnson. Elizabeth (Johnson) Bowen was born Dec. 24, 1637, in Roxbury, Mass , where she died August 13, 1683.
Henry was "Ensign in his father-in-law's company" (E, A. B.) at the storming of Ft. Naragansett, Dec. 19, 1675, when Capt. Johnson fell at the head of his men. (Later, Henry Bowen is mentioned in a Roxbury town meeting as lieutenant.)
He was a promoter of the New Roxbury or Woodstock colonization in 1686, and when he retired from business he removed to Woodstock, where he died in the care of his daughters, married and settled there."
Son of Griffith Bowen and Margaret Fleming.
Married 1st Elizabeth Johnson 20 Dec 1658 at Roxbury, Mass.
Children of Henry and Elizabeth:
Henry Jr. (1659- )
Elizabeth (1661-1743)
John (1662- )
Infant ( -1664)
Margaret (1665-1665)
Mary (166- )
Margaret (1668-1727)
Abigail (1669- )
Abigail (1670-1736)
Penuel (1672- )
Esther (1676- )
Isaac (1676-1727)
Married Second Susanna King, 14 Apr 1684 at Roxbury, Mass.
From the "Family of Griffith Bowen, Gentleman, Welsh Puritan Immigrant, Boston, Mass., 1638-9", pages 29-30:
"Lieutenant HENRY BOWEN, of Roxbury, Mass., son of Griffith, was born in Wales about 1634. He died in Woodstock, Conn., March 13, 1724, "in his 90th year." He married, Dec. 20, 1658, Elizabeth Johnson, daughter of Captain Isaac and Elizabeth (Porter) Johnson, and granddaughter of Captain John Johnson. Elizabeth (Johnson) Bowen was born Dec. 24, 1637, in Roxbury, Mass , where she died August 13, 1683.
Henry was "Ensign in his father-in-law's company" (E, A. B.) at the storming of Ft. Naragansett, Dec. 19, 1675, when Capt. Johnson fell at the head of his men. (Later, Henry Bowen is mentioned in a Roxbury town meeting as lieutenant.)
He was a promoter of the New Roxbury or Woodstock colonization in 1686, and when he retired from business he removed to Woodstock, where he died in the care of his daughters, married and settled there."
Married 1st Elizabeth Johnson 20 Dec 1658 at Roxbury, Mass.
Children of Henry and Elizabeth:
Henry Jr. (1659- )
Elizabeth (1661-1743)
John (1662- )
Infant ( -1664)
Margaret (1665-1665)
Mary (166- )
Margaret (1668-1727)
Abigail (1669- )
Abigail (1670-1736)
Penuel (1672- )
Esther (1676- )
Isaac (1676-1727)
Married Second Susanna King, 14 Apr 1684 at Roxbury, Mass.
From the "Family of Griffith Bowen, Gentleman, Welsh Puritan Immigrant, Boston, Mass., 1638-9", pages 29-30:
"Lieutenant HENRY BOWEN, of Roxbury, Mass., son of Griffith, was born in Wales about 1634. He died in Woodstock, Conn., March 13, 1724, "in his 90th year." He married, Dec. 20, 1658, Elizabeth Johnson, daughter of Captain Isaac and Elizabeth (Porter) Johnson, and granddaughter of Captain John Johnson. Elizabeth (Johnson) Bowen was born Dec. 24, 1637, in Roxbury, Mass , where she died August 13, 1683.
Henry was "Ensign in his father-in-law's company" (E, A. B.) at the storming of Ft. Naragansett, Dec. 19, 1675, when Capt. Johnson fell at the head of his men. (Later, Henry Bowen is mentioned in a Roxbury town meeting as lieutenant.)
He was a promoter of the New Roxbury or Woodstock colonization in 1686, and when he retired from business he removed to Woodstock, where he died in the care of his daughters, married and settled there."
Inscription
Here lies buried the body of Lieutenant Henry Bowen, who deceast March ye 13, 1723, in the 90th year of his age. He emigrated with his father Griffith from Wales to Boston in 1638, and moved with the first planters from Roxbury to Woodstock in 1686.
